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Yes, Prime Minister

At Theatre Royal Bath, Bath · 8 performances from Tue 6 Oct to Sat 10 Oct.

It’s a tense weekend at Chequers. New Prime Minister Jim Hacker is facing a collapsing economy, party infighting, a hostile media – and Sir Humphrey Appleby. With a high stakes loan on the table and a Civil Service he’s not sure he can trust, Jim must save his premiership, and the economy, while outmanoeuvring his rivals and reasserting democratic control. Packed with verbal sparring and laugh-out-loud logic, Yes, Prime Minister tackles modern political issues – financial crises, Europe, corruption – with razor-sharp wit and crystal clarity. The prequel to I’m Sorry, Prime Minister, which enjo